An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 1Author, and sold, 1817 - 212 sider |
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Side 53
... cocoa - nut shells at him , so that his head was cut in several places . After having thus tantalized him , and led him about for a considerable length of time , as fast as the soreness of his feet would permit him to walk , a woman ...
... cocoa - nut shells at him , so that his head was cut in several places . After having thus tantalized him , and led him about for a considerable length of time , as fast as the soreness of his feet would permit him to walk , a woman ...
Side 97
... cocoa - nut . This fencing is about nine feet in height , the posts rising about a foot higher : it has four large entrances , as well as several small ones , VOL . I. H secured on the inside by horizontal sliding pieces , made.
... cocoa - nut . This fencing is about nine feet in height , the posts rising about a foot higher : it has four large entrances , as well as several small ones , VOL . I. H secured on the inside by horizontal sliding pieces , made.
Side 98
... cocoa - nut tree . Over each door , as well as at other places , are erected platforms even with the top of the fenc- ing , supported chiefly on the inside , but pro- jecting forward to the extent of two or three feet : these platforms ...
... cocoa - nut tree . Over each door , as well as at other places , are erected platforms even with the top of the fenc- ing , supported chiefly on the inside , but pro- jecting forward to the extent of two or three feet : these platforms ...
Side 118
... cocoa - nut shells , which he carried with him for the purpose . When he approached the place where the two lay concealed , they started out upon him , killed him with their clubs , and , at the risk of their lives , brought his body to ...
... cocoa - nut shells , which he carried with him for the purpose . When he approached the place where the two lay concealed , they started out upon him , killed him with their clubs , and , at the risk of their lives , brought his body to ...
Side 134
... cocoa - nut oil , scented with sandal - wood , was dressed in the choicest mats of the Navigator's islands , of the finest texture , and as soft as silk ; so many of these costly mats were wrapped round her , perhaps more than forty ...
... cocoa - nut oil , scented with sandal - wood , was dressed in the choicest mats of the Navigator's islands , of the finest texture , and as soft as silk ; so many of these costly mats were wrapped round her , perhaps more than forty ...
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accordingly afterwards anchor appeared armed arrived bales of gnatoo bird boat body Bolotoo brought Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consecrated Cow Mooala death enemy feet Felletoa fencing Fiji islands Filimóëátoo Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gave gods grave ground guns Haano Hamoa hand Hapai islands head hogs immediately island of Tonga killed king king of Tonga large canoe length lest Mariner Mariner's marly mats mean morning natives Neafoo night Nioocalofa occasion orders Paita party plantains Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest prisoners procured remained respect returned revenge sail sent on shore ship shot side soon spears taboo taken Tarky Teoo Cava thing thought tion Toe Oomoo Tonga islands Toobó Toobo Malohi Toobo Neuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga took vessel Voona whaling whilst women yams young chief